Research / Staff
Outline and List of Academic Supervisors
| Major・Staff | Outline and Main Subjects | |
|---|---|---|
| Learning Development KODAMA Makiko YAMAUCHI Noritsugu NAKAMURA Kazuyo FUKAYA Tatsushi FUJIKI Daisuke MINAMIURA Ryosuke YONEZAWA Takashi KUBO Kenji SHINNO Yusuke MATSUMIYA Nagako WATANABE Takumi | This major conducts research and provides education which aims at learning to nurture autonomy, diversity, and cooperativity; as well as competencies for thinking, decision-making, and self-expression; by integrating fundamental and theoretical researches on the value and mechanisms of learning and curricula focused on elementary education with practical researches on the methods for learning and learning-support from the learners’ point of view. Also, we conduct scientific and practical research and provide education for solving relevant issues in school education such as bullying, truancy, classroom disorder, and accommodating the Culturally Linguistically Diverse students. Special Study in Learning and Curriculum Development, Basic & Advanced Study in Classroom Environment Design, Basic & Advanced Study in Classroom Environment Design, Basic & Advanced Study in Design of Teacher’s Professional Development and Career, School Psychology, Career Development Support, Seminar on School Counseling, Seminar on Learning Support, Knowledge Construction, Further Study in Curriculum Design of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, Special Study in Curriculum Development, Basic & Advanced Study in Curriculum Design, Basic & Advanced Study in Instruction and Evaluation Method Design, Basic & Advanced Study in Children and the Design of Teaching Materials | |
| Special Needs Education UJIMA Kazuhito KAWAI Norimune CHAMBERS, Dianne ASAOKA Hiroshi SHINKAI Akira HAYASHIDA Masashi FUNABASHI Atsuhiko OMORI Mariko MORI Mayu MURAKAMI Rie | We conduct research and provide education on psychology, educational methods, teaching materials, and curriculum development, aiming to promote social independence and participation for children and students with disabilities, specifically in the areas of visual impairment, hearing impairment, intellectual disability, physical disability, and health impairment to foster future special needs education teachers and researchers with professional competence. Special Needs Education; Practical Study in Special Needs Education; Instructional Methods for Children with Visual Impairment; Psychology of Visual Impairment; Instructional Methods for the Hearing Impaired; Psychology of Hearing Impairment; Instructional Methods for Children with Intellectual Disabilities; Psychology of Intellectual Disabilities; Instructional Methods For Children with Physical Disabilities; Psychology of Physical Disabilities; Instructional Methods for Children with Health Impairments; Physiology and Pathology of Health; Instructional Methods for children with autism spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders; Instructional Methods for Children with Communication Disorders; Instructional Methods for Children with Multiple Disabilities; Facilitation Skills for Team Approaches on Special Needs Education | |
| Science Education ISOZAKI Tetsuo KOGA Nobuyoshi TAKESHITA Shunji TOMIKAWA Ko MATSUURA Takuya UMEDA Takashi MIYOSHI Miori YOSHIDOMI Kenichi NIOZU Akinobu | We aim to train specialists in science education who support our advanced science and technology society to realize sustainable development. We provide specialized training for developing science education as regards principles, methodology, subject contents (physics, chemistry, biology and earth science), and curriculum development, by integrating theoretical and practical studies concerning the structure and logic of scientific understanding, the formative process of understanding nature, novel educational contents, science education in practice, and so on. Advanced Study on Science Education, Study on Laboratory Learning Design (science), Study on Field Learning Design (science), Basic Study on Academic Ability/Competency Design, Extended Study on Academic Ability/Competency Design，Basic Study on Comparative Curriculum Design, Extended Study on Comparative Curriculum Design, Basic Study on Instruction and Assessment Design, Extended Study on Instruction and Assessment Design, Basic Study on STEM and Learning Materials Design (science), Extended Study on STEM and Learning Materials Design (science), Basic Study on Environment/Society and Learning Materials Design (science), Extended Study on Environment/Society and Learning Materials Design (science), Basic Study on Science/Culture and Learning Materials Design (science), Extended Study on Science/Culture and Learning Materials Design (science), Basic Study on Life/Science and Learning Materials Design (science), Extended Study on Life/Science and Learning Materials Design (science) | |
| Mathematics Education IKEHATA Ryo SHIMOMURA Tetsu TERAGAITO Masakazu KAGEYAMA Kazuya KITADAI Yukinori | Mathematics education is a fundamental component in the development of lifelong learning and a science-based society. We conduct research and provide education in the field of mathematics education by focusing on its significance and principles, the development of teaching materials, students’ cognitive processes, methods of teaching and learning, and teachers’ mathematical content knowledge and thinking ability. Special Study on Mathematics Education, Basic Study on Children and Learning Materials Design, Basic Study on STEM and Learning Materials Design (mathematics), Basic Study on Environment/Society and Learning Materials Design (mathematics) | |
| Technology and Information Education KAWADA Kazuo TANAKA Hideyuki KIMURA Akitaka SUZUKI Hiroyuki YATA Chikahiko | As computerization is progressing rapidly, educators need to cope with highly advanced science and technologies and people’s lifelong learning needs. This course develops, based on various scientific studies on production technologies and information processing technologies, teacher educators who can conduct research and education (from children to adults) on the principles, contents, and methods of education related to production technologies and information processing technologies, which are expected to be required in the future, and who can design the education vision. Basic Study on Teaching Subject Design, Basic Study on Instruction and Assessment Method, Basic Study on Education on Manufacturing and Learning Materials Design (technology, industry and information), Basic Study on Children and Learning Materials Design, Basic Study on Environment/Society and Learning Materials Design (technology and industry), Basic Study on Science/Culture and Learning Materials Design (technology and industry), Basic Study on STEM and Learning Materials Design (information), Basic Study on ICT Space Design | |
| Social Studies Education KIRIHARA Takahiro KUSAHARA Kazuhiro KUMAHARA Yasuhiro YUI Yoshimichi IKEJIRI Ryohei KAWAGUCHI Hiromi KIM Jongsung HATA Hiroto MORITA Hideki | The goals of the Social Studies Education Major are the following: (1) To explore the research fields of geography, history, citizenship and social studies education through scientific approaches, especially as regards school-based researches focusing on the developmental stages of learners; (2) To conduct research and provide education on educational significance, subject-contents and methods in social studies education, based on the research mentioned above, from a broad perspective, including the linkage between school education and a lifelong learning society, as well as lifelong development. Basic Study on Teacher Education Practicum, Extended Study on Teacher Education Practicum, Basic Study on Instruction and Assessment Method, Extended Study on Instruction and Assessment Method, Basic Study on Society/Life and Learning Materials Design, Extended Study on Society/Life and Learning Materials Design, Basic Study on Region/History and Learning Materials Design, Extended Study on Region/History and Learning Materials Design, Basic Study on Comparative Curriculum Design, Extended Study on Comparative Curriculum Design, Basic Study on Science and Culture and Learning Materials Design, Extended Study on Science and Culture and Learning Materials Design, Basic Study on Creativity and Learning Materials Design, Extended Study on Creativity and Learning Materials Design, (Specialized fields: Social Studies Education, Social Studies Education Methodology, Ethics, Geography, Sociology of Law, Economics) | |
| Japanese Language and Culture Education KAWAGUCHI Takayuki SASAKI Isamu SATO Takeshi MASE Shigeo YAMAMOTO Takaharu SHIRATA Rihito | We provide education and conduct research on the Japanese language as a mother tongue. For that purpose, we explore Japanese studies (language, literature and other cultures), and the principles and methodology in Japanese language education. Japanese Language Education; Japanese Language Culture (Japanese Linguistics (Historical and Contemporary), Japanese Literature (Modern and Classics), Chinese Classical Literature) | |
| English Language Education ONO Akira NISHIHARA Takayuki KABIR Russell Sarwar | This major aims to provide comprehensive and interdisciplinary education and conduct research on various aspects of English language education, such as developmental processes, and theories and methods underlying language and language use. The major is designed to produce highly-skilled professional researchers and teachers. The major also offers in-service teachers an opportunity to enhance their abilities as leading practitioners in schools. English Language Education (Teachers’ Training Program, Teaching Materials, Teaching Methods, Assessment, Teacher Education, Comparative Education ); English Language Education and Its Contents (Syntax, Language Use, Language and Literature) | |
| Health and Sports Sciences Education UEDA Takeshi SAITOU Kazuhiko DEGUCHI Tatsuya KUROSAKA Shiho YANAOKA Takuma MATSUMOTO Yusuke | We conduct research and provide education on the objectives, methodology, and subject-contents of health and physical education in school education. We also provide research and education on lifelong health and sports activities from a broad perspective including the linkage between school education and lifelong learning as well as lifelong development. Health and Sports Sciences Education (Sports Science, Sports Methodology, Sports Pedagogy) | |
| Human Life Sciences Education MATSUBARA Kiminori MURAKAMI Kaori TOMINAGA Mihoko | This major promotes research and education focusing on the educational significance, goals, methods and subject-contents related to life management, life sciences and skills, based on theoretical research on the interaction of human beings and their environment. Special Study on Human Life Sciences Education, Basic and/or Extended Study on Academic Ability and Competency Design, Basic and/or Extended Study on Teaching Material Design for Society and Life (home economic） Basic and/or Extended Study on Teaching Material Design for Science and Culture (home economics), Basic and/or Extended Study on Teaching Material Design for Life and Science (home economics), Basic and/or Extended Study on Creativity and the Design of Teaching Materials (home economics) | |
| Music Culture Education OONOUCHI Ai TAKAHATA Kenji TOKUNAGA Takashi ITO Shin TAGAYA Yusuke FUJII Yusuke | In this major, we offer advanced and specialized research and education on the formation and development of musical culture, and the goals, methodology, and subject-contents of music education for a broad range of learners from children to adults, from the viewpoint of continuity between school education and lifelong learning Music Culture Education (Music Education, Composition, Instrumental Music, Vocal Music) | |
| Art Education IDOGAWA Yutaka HITOKUWADA Toru TATARA Takiko HACHIYA Masayuki MINE Kazunami YAGI Kentaro HORIKAWA Sunao | We conduct specialized research and provide education on the contemporary significance, teaching-learning principles, methodologies, and practical artwork of figurative arts as lifelong activities from a broad perspective including the link between school education and lifelong learning as well as lifelong development. Art Education, Art Education (Painting, Sculpture, Design, Artistic Craft, Science of Art) |